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Wherever we are, we seem to have far too much water or too little of it. In many parts of the world, disputes over water are anticipated to become more intense than those over sources of energy.
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Compression Thinking »
Compression Thinking
Compression Thinking☜Population growth squeezes all of us on a planet whose resources are finite. To not only survive, but improve quality of life, we must become much smarter using what we have. For practical, effective action, work organizations critical to Compression must greatly compress their learning cycles.☜F1CEB7
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Why Are We in Compression? »
Why Are We in Compression?
Why Are We in Compression?☜Most work organizations deal with much more complexity than 50 or 100 years ago, but we also have more means to deal with it. Beyond that our early 21st century challenges are in five arbitrary categories, each of which is constantly changing. (See the figure and chapter 1 of the book, Compression.)☜FFB597
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(2) Precarious Environment »
(2) Precarious Environment
(2) Precarious Environment☜Pretending that these problems dont exist is less and less tenable, but no busy person can track them in detail. Even deeply-involved environmentalists cant keep up. Critics think environmental worries are overblown; but investigation reveals a more serious worry -- science knows too little. ☜59C6EF
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Water
Water☜Wherever we are, we seem to have far too much water or too little of it. In many parts of the world, disputes over water are anticipated to become more intense than those over sources of energy. ☜9FDEF6
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Pollution of fresh water »
Pollution of fresh water
Pollution of fresh water☜☜9FDEF6
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Water shortages »
Water shortages
Water shortages☜We have plenty of salt water. Useable fresh water is the problem, and keeping it unpolluted for use is a major issue. ☜9FDEF6
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Peter H. Gleick, Editor
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8:36 PM 15 February 2010 GMT
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Peter H. Gleick, Editor
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8:43 PM 15 February 2010 GMT
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http://books.google.com/books?id=_wd-s1FB7VEC&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:Peter+inauthor:H+inauthor:Gleick&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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The World's Water, published biennially, is considered to be the world authority on water. Almost any topic is covered on one of the recent editions.
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